We introduce a robust probabilistic approach to modeling shape contours based on a lowdimensional, nonlinear latent variable model. In contrast to existing techniques that use obj...
This paper presents an integrated framework for assessment and ranking of manufacturing systems based on management and organizational performance indicators. The integrated appro...
Ali Azadeh, S. F. Ghaderi, Y. Partovi Miran, V. Eb...
Self-contextualizability refers to the system ability to autonomously adapt its behaviour to context in order to maintain its objectives satisfied. In this paper, we propose a mod...
Lifelike animated agents for knowledge-based learning environments can provide timely, customized advice to support students' problem solving. Because of their strong visual ...
James C. Lester, Jennifer L. Voerman, Stuart G. To...
We present a novel variational approach to top-down image segmentation, which accounts for significant projective transformations between a single prior image and the image to be s...